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Wodrly Wise 10-9
10th Grade English vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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cautionary | Offering or serving as a warning. |
constrain | To confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity. |
flotilla | A fleet of boats or small ships. |
gossamer | Thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze.A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb. |
ignominious | Marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace. |
incur | To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as a debt. |
liquidate | To settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash. To get rid of; to kill or destroy. |
magnate | An important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business. |
misnomer | A name that does not fit. |
onerous | Burdensome; oppressive. |
pandemonium | A state or place of great confusion or uproar. |
quixotic | Romantic and idealistic, but impractical. |
tenacious | Holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual. |
vestige | A trace of something that once was present. |
zephyr | A light, gentle breeze. |